2 volumes

Annual list of books added to the Boston Public Library, selected from the monthly bulletins, Vol. 1, 1896-97, Vol. 2, 1897-98, with a synopsis of classification. Over ten thousand titles were selected from more than fifteen thousand listed in the bulletins, the proportion of books in the fine arts being the largest. Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Some chipping and small tears on spines of both volumes, wear to extremtieis, front free endpaper detached on volume 1.